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Find textbooks at Alibris!

NOTE: Overstock bests Amazon's prices and is "blue."

THE BOOKS WITH "BUZZ":
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Senator Edward M. Kennedy tells his extraordinary personal story:

True Compass: A Memoir
by Edward M. Kennedy.

Read Barack Obama's vision for America:

The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
by Barack Obama

Boran2 and maryb2004 recommend:

The Big Over Easy: A Nursery Crime
by Jasper Fforde

Must-have information for all presidents-and citizens-of the twenty-first century?

Physics for Future Presidents: The Science behind the Headlines
Richard A. Muller

rae recommends:

Dark Ages America: The Final Phase of Empire
by Morris Berman.

On BooMan’s shelf:

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
by Doris Kearns Goodwin

This looks interesting:

Adventure Divas
by Holly Morris

Here’s a good one from
Elizabeth Gilbert:

Eat Pray Love
by Elizabeth Gilbert

"Crash" * Best Motion Picture, Academy Awards * Only $11.79 at Overstock * 2006 SAG Winner, Best Ensemble

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Selected new arrivals at 30% off

Recommended by Indianadem and ejmw:
The Conscience of a Liberal
by Paul Wellstone

From northcountry’s bookshelf:

The New Golden Age:
The Coming Revolution Against
Political Corruption and Economic Chaos
by Ravi Batra

A novel about contractors in Iraq from the woman that runs The Spy That Billed Me:

Outsourced: A Novel
from RJ Hillhouse.


Great Deals
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Find mystery novels by Nancy Pickard ("Kansas")



Challenging Empire: How People, Governments, and the UN Defy US Power by Phyllis Bennis (interviewed on DN!)


Featured by Keith Olbermann, New (Powell's Sale): Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower by William Blum (whose other books merit serious consideration)


"Explosive" State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration
by James Risen


The book the CIA doesn't want you to read: Jawbreaker: The Attack on Bin Laden and Al Qaeda: A Personal Account by the CIA's Key Field Commander
Larry Johnson's review


BT's all-time best seller:

PERMACULTURE:
A Designers' Manual

$79.95 * Sale: $59.95


Unequal Sisters: A Multicultural Reader in U.S. Women's History (Third Edition)


The Undercover Economist: Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, the Poor Are Poor And Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car!


The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
by Timothy Egan


Green Press Initiative
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Journalistas: 100 Years of the Best Writing and Reporting by Women Journalists by Eleanor Mills * NYT review


Bury Me Standing: the Gypsies & Their Journey


1491: New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus



Brokeback Mountain
by Annie Proulx
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Check out Powell's
"At The Movies"


Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World by Noam Chomsky (Power & Terror: Post 9-11 Talks)


The Price of Privilege:

How Parental Pressure and
Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of
Disconnected and Unhappy Kids

by Madeline Levine


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How is that user not a troll that deserves to banned here, too?  Is continuing and unabated total prickishness not enough reason for you to pull the trigger on him?  I have never seen the community so united in its assessment of bannable behavior.  And I'm POSITIVE that it is not because we don't tolerate his opposing viewpoint.  We have lots of discussions, even outright arguments, here on BT without folks resorting to the prickishness that that particular user, whose posts in this diary have now been troll-rated into oblivion by multiple trusted users, leads with every time.

That user is not interested in meaningful discussion.  That user has slimed and maligned everyone here who has dared to ask for a reasonable discussion and that user has no desire to engage in meaningful discussion whatsoever.

I am not alone when I ask you to please ban this troll.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. -Margaret Mead

by blueneck on Sat Oct 21st, 2006 at 08:24:48 PM EST
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I'm glad to see the trusted users taking control.  Either he moderates his behavior or he will be banned.
by BooMan on Sat Oct 21st, 2006 at 08:39:00 PM EST
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I agree that the TU's are doing a good job and getting better.  Thanks for noticing us and thanks for your willingness to allow a certain amount of trollish behavior to go unbanned.  I am not one who typically calls for a user to be banned.  As a matter of fact, I don't think I've ever called for a banning, as I do not prefer to squelch users.  This one is decidely different from all past instances, though.

In the past, there were factions for and against the banning of a certain user, even when the user was clearly stepping over the lines of civility repeatedly.  I think that is because in prior instances, the user in question did from time to time provide meaningful comments and/or good diaries about the issues that were important to them.  These factors are not present in the current instance.

In my opinion, in this case, sooner is better than later.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. -Margaret Mead

by blueneck on Sat Oct 21st, 2006 at 09:01:06 PM EST
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